Endocrine Abstracts

The specialist weight management service (SWMS) is a tier 3 service offered to patients who meet a criterion of raised BMI with or without comorbidities. It is a multi-disciplinary service made up of physician, GPwSI, dietitians, physiotherapist, psychologists and health trainers. Approximately 40% of the patient within the service has type 2 diabetes. As part of a quality improvement pilot study a diabetes specialist nurse was introduced to the team. Patients were seen in an ...